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Efforts to expand study abroad program commendable

Published Mar 6, 2009

Despite ongoing campus-wide budget cuts, the university has maintained its commitment to providing students with unique and valuable academic experiences and recently established a partnership with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

TCU's newest exchange program will provide study opportunities for students in a variety of disciplines.



Founded as an engineering school in 1981, Nanyang now offers programs in areas such as art, communication and business, so applicants are not going to be limited by their major.

Lady Frogs to end season against Utes

Lady Frogs to end season against Utes

Published Mar 6, 2009

A Mountain West Conference title is no longer in the picture for the women's basketball team, but head coach Jeff Mittie said ending the season with a win against a first-place University of Utah squad could help set the tone for the upcoming conference tournament.

"Both Utah and us are fighting for an NCAA tournament spot and knowing we could likely face them in the Mountain West Championship makes winning Saturday very important," Mittie said.

Student filmmakers get red carpet treatment

Published Mar 6, 2009

Programming Council and the Student Filmmakers Association are hosting a red carpet event that will showcase student-produced films on Friday.

Jason Knutzen, senior radio-TV-film major and president of the Student Filmmakers Association, said the event is a premiere of the projects that students have been working on for the past three semesters.



"We want to showcase the effort, work and time students have put into these films," Knutzen said.



The 50-60 members in the SFA are divided into film crews, directors and actors, Knutzen said.

Musician swaps Hollywood for college life

Musician swaps Hollywood for college life

Published Mar 6, 2009

J. Mack Slaughter Jr. knows what it's like to be an adult while an adolescent.

At 17, the Fort Worth native had accomplished fame with a career in a boy band. But he left the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles and returned home to pursue a career in medicine. Slaughter is now a pre-med neuroscience major at the university and has established the Zachary Music Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides music lessons to adolescent patients.

Baseball team to start home stretch with Wichita State

Published Mar 6, 2009

Wednesday night's hiccup against Baylor University was the first for the Horned Frog baseball team since their season-opening loss to Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 20.In between the two losses, the team...

AddRan enrollment stands firm despite national trend

Published Mar 6, 2009

The current economic situation is causing universities across the country to prepare for possible enrollment decreases in their liberal arts departments, but the university's program is not following that pattern, a university official said.

Nowell Donovan, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, said enrollment in liberal arts classes has increased.



Andy Schoolmaster, dean of AddRan College of Liberal Arts, said enrollment for the spring semester credit hour generation in the college was up this spring over last spring.

Sports brief: Texas Sports Hall of Fame welcomes Tomlinson

Published Mar 6, 2009

Former TCU running back and current San Diego Charger LaDainian Tomlinson was among seven Texas athletes inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame Wednesday night in Waco.



The ceremony took place at the Ferrell Center on the campus of Baylor University, very close to where Tomlinson played football at University High School.



Tomlinson rushed for 5,263 yards during his career at TCU and was a Heisman Trophy finalist as a senior in 2000.

Lady Frogs upend first-place Utah squad in regular season finale

Published Mar 6, 2009

The Lady Frogs earned their 20th win of the season by knocking off the Mountain West Conference-leading Utah Utes Saturday in Daniel-Meyer Coliseum.

Despite trailing by as much as 13 early in the game, the team bounced back to win 53-47.



The Utes took a three-point lead into the locker room at halftime thanks to a made layup on the last shot of the half, but the Lady Frogs began the second half on a 8-2 run to take the lead for the first time.

Horned Frogs sweep Shockers

Published Mar 6, 2009

The Horned Frogs continued to put their offense on display Sunday as they completed their sweep of the Wichita State Shockers.

"Wichita State came in this weekend and they kind of have had our number the last couple years now," Vern said. "We were looking forward to this one and were ready to go."



The team pushed a dozen runs across the plate during the team's 12-3 victory. The Frogs scored 27 runs during the three-game series.

Stimulus bill future burden to students

Stimulus bill future burden to students

Published Mar 6, 2009

America is nowhere near the conditions of the Great Depression.So why are we spending like there's an economic boom?When logic tells us budgets should be tightened and debts should be paid, is the solution...

Horned Frogs rally late to top Shockers

Published Mar 6, 2009

The baseball team plated four runs in the eighth inning in a come-from-behind 6-5 win over Wichita State on Friday night at Lupton Stadium. Three of those runs came on first baseman Matt Vern's three-run home run.

Vern said he was simply taking advantage of an opportunity.



"I'm just blessed to have the opportunity to come up there and do that for my team when the time calls," Vern said. "It was good for us, and I was just out there to compete for the team and help get the team a win."

Energy independence not as easy as it sounds

Energy independence not as easy as it sounds

Published Mar 5, 2009

As broadcast reporter John Stossel said, "It's amazing how ideas with no merit become popular merely because they sound good."

On Monday, T. Boone Pickens talked about how America must become energy independent. He said that our generation must take charge to make a change.



It sounds great to be energy independent. We wouldn't have to keep financing foreign powers and dealing with the political repercussions.



However, to believe these things is ignoring common sense and basic economics.